D.J. Augustin

The Celtics shot 51.2 percent from the field and had seven players score in double figures, bouncing back nicely from a disappointing 107-106 loss at Houston on Monday night. Terry Rozier scored 16 points, and Amir Johnson, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart finished with 13 apiece.

It was an impressive offensive performance while playing without point guard Isaiah Thomas, who was held out after he suffered a groin injury against the Rockets. Boston trailed by one at the break, but grabbed control with a big third quarter and pulled...

Serge Ibaka had 18 points and the Orlando Magic took advantage of a sloppy night by San Antonio, winning 95-83 on Tuesday to snap the Spurs' nine-game winning streak. San Antonio committed a season-high 19 turnovers in its worst scoring performance of the...

Everybody owns a Jimmy Butler story.
Bulls General Manager Gar Forman remembers visiting Tyler (Texas) Junior College, where Butler played as a non-Division I recruit before landing as an under-the-radar player at Marquette, and watching a relentless...

There are nine games left in the Bulls regular season. Do you know where their playoff seed is? That question, for now, is unanswerable. Here are others that are not.
What will the Bulls do with this year’s first-round pick? Their own pick, which they...

The Lakers (16-41) take a three-game winning streak into their Sunday afternoon battle against a short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder (32-27) squad at Staples Center.
The Thunder will be without Russell Westbrook, who suffered a broken bone in his face...

TV/radio: 6:30 p.m. Friday; CSN, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The Bulls are expected to be at full strength for just the 17th time this season, going 13-3 previously. The Pistons were revamped from these teams' first meeting after waiving Josh Smith and...

Given that no substantive rumors leaked leading up to Thursday's NBA trade deadline, it's no surprise the Bulls were idle as the 2 p.m. Central time deadline passed.
The Bulls, who have an open roster spot, not only like their current roster but also...

The most unfortunate byproduct of Derrick Rose’s successive season-ending knee injuries is robbing a former most valuable player of two seasons from his prime and the Bulls of untold victories and perhaps greater franchise glory.
But there's a lesser,...

The summary
Derrick Rose returned from missing four of five games to sprained ankles and posted 24 points and seven assists in 33 minutes as the Bulls downed the Pistons 102-91 Monday night at the United Center. Joakim Noah added 13 points, 14 rebounds...

Obviously, the Bulls aren't always going to shoot 50.7 percent and place six in double figures against opponents less dysfunctional than the Knicks.
But the 104-80 season-opening blowout victory highlighted many points. Here are three:
Aaron Brooks is...

Two weeks into training camp and nobody has gotten injured, including the mail carrier who brings your questions to the Tribune Tower. OK, so they’re actually emailed but this is an old-school mailbag.
Will the Bulls’ defense suffer with all the new...

Aaron Brooks didn't need to review the career-reviving roles backup point guards like C.J. Watson, John Lucas III, Nate Robinson and D.J. Augustin have performed for the Bulls.
All the Seattle native had to do was listen to Robinson — who, uh, likes to...

NBA general managers may have felt this week like siblings watching the stack of presents swell under the tree in the days before Christmas.
Look, there's LeBron James next to the electric train set!
Wow, that's Carmelo Anthony beneath the stockings!
...

WASHINGTON — Throughout this season, at points where matters looked most dire, Tom Thibodeau would cite the losses of Derrick Rose and Luol Deng and talk about the Bulls' fight.
Never has that trait been more impressively on display than Friday night...